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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 553
Author: Kelley (R)
Amended: 6/15/00 in Assembly
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE AG. & WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE : 10-0, 1/18/00
AYES: Costa, Kelley, Bowen, Johannessen, Monteith, Ortiz,
Perata, Poochigian, Speier, Wright
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SENATE FLOOR : 38-0, 1/27/00 - Passed on Consent
AYES: Alarcon, Alpert, Bowen, Brulte, Burton, Chesbro,
Costa, Dunn, Escutia, Figueroa, Hayden, Haynes, Hughes,
Johnson, Johnston, Karnette, Kelley, Knight, Leslie,
Lewis, McPherson, Monteith, Morrow, Mountjoy, Murray,
O'Connell, Ortiz, Peace, Perata, Polanco, Poochigian,
Rainey, Schiff, Sher, Solis, Speier, Vasconcellos, Wright
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 7/6/00 (Passed on Consent) - See
last page for vote
SUBJECT : Urban water management
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill revises the list of water demand
management items that must be included in mandatory Urban
Water Management Plans.
Assembly Amendments deleted "wholesale agency assistance
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programs" from the list of water demand management
measures.
ANALYSIS : Existing law requires urban water suppliers
that deliver more than 3,000 acre-feet of water, or serve
more than 3,000 customers, to adopt an Urban Water
Management Plan. Among other things, the plan must
describe the service area of the supplier, identify
existing and planned sources of water, describe the
reliability of the various supplies in light of climate
variations, and provide a description of the supplier's
water demand management measures.
During the last two years members of the Environmental
Water Caucus (EWC) and the California Urban Water
Conservation Council (CUWCC) have worked together to
develop an updated list of appropriate water conservation
programs, called best management practices (BMPs) that are
part of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two
groups. Although substantially similar to the requirements
in current law, several of the BMPs were changed as a
result of the discussions between the EWC and the CUWCC.
This bill updates the reporting requirements found in
existing law with the new BMPs developed by the EWC and the
CUWCC.
This bill deletes the list of water conservation programs
required to be described in Urban Water Management Plans
and replaces it with the substantially similar, but
updated, list of water conservation programs that are now
part of the BMP MOU.
The differences between the list of water conservation
programs in existing law and the water conservation
programs this bill requires are as follows:
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|No.| Existing Law | Changed To New BMP | Reason/Effect of |
| | | Language | Change |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
| 1 |Interior and |Water survey |Eliminates the |
| |exterior water |programs for single |requirement to |
| |audits and incentive |family residential |include a |
| |programs for single |and multifamily |description of water |
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| |family residential, |residential family |audits/surveys for |
| |multifamily |customers. |commercial and |
| |residential, | |institutional |
| |governmental, and | |customers in the |
| |institutional | |urban water |
| |customers | |management plan. |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
| 2 |Enforcement of |Residential plumbing |New BMP adds a 10% |
| |plumbing fixture |retrofit |target on single |
| |efficiency standards | |family and |
| |and programs to | |multifamily |
| |retrofit less | |households that are |
| |efficient fixtures | |provided with water |
| | | |saving devices. |
| | | |Also requires |
| | | |tracking number of |
| | | |retrofits completed, |
| | | |devices distributed, |
| | | |and program costs. |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
| 3 |Distribution system |System water audits, |Previously required |
| |water audits, leak |leak detection and |audit of water |
| |detection, and |repair |supplier's |
| |repair | |distribution system |
| | | |audit at least every |
| | | |3 years. New BMP |
| | | |allows prescreening |
| | | |system audit to |
| | | |determine if there |
| | | |is a need for a full |
| | | |system audit. |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
| 4 |Metering with |Metering with |No change |
| |commodity rates for |commodity rates for | |
| |all new connections |all new connections | |
| |and retrofit of |and retrofit of | |
| |existing connections |existing connections | |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
| 5 |Large landscape |Large landscape |Additional focus on |
| |water audits and |conservation |commercial/industrial|
| |incentives |programs and |/institutional |
| | |incentives |accounts with either |
| | | |mixed use meters or |
| | | |no meter. Provide |
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| | | |new accounts with |
| | | |information on |
| | | |climate appropriate |
| | | |landscape design and |
| | | |efficient |
| | | |conservation |
| | | |equipment and |
| | | |management. |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
| 6 |Landscape water |Deleted |Addressed under new |
| |conservation | |BMP No. 5. |
| |requirements for new | | |
| |and existing | | |
| |commercial, | | |
| |industrial, | | |
| |institutional, | | |
| |governmental, and | | |
| |multifamily | | |
| |developments | | |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
| 7 |Not in existing law |High-efficiency |Reflects a new BMP |
| | |washing machine |established in the |
| | |rebate programs |MOU |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
| 8 |Public information |Public information |Change makes |
| | |programs |statutory language |
| | | |consistent with BMP |
| | | |MOU. Does not |
| | | |result in |
| | | |substantive change. |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
| | | | |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
| 9 |School education |School education |Change makes |
| | |programs |statutory language |
| | | |consistent with BMP |
| | | |MOU. Does not |
| | | |result in |
| | | |substantive change. |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
|10 |Commercial and |Conservation |Adds institutional |
| |industrial water |programs for |customers. Requires |
| |conservation |commercial, |identifying and |
| | |industrial and |ranking all |
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| | |institutional |commercial, |
| | |accounts |industrial, and |
| | | |institutional |
| | | |customers according |
| | | |to use. |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
|11 |New commercial and |Deleted |Addressed under new |
| |industrial water use | |BMP 10 |
| |review | | |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
|12 |Not in existing law |Wholesale Agency |New BMP to specify |
| | |assistance programs |role of wholesale |
| | | |agencies in |
| | | |fostering BMP |
| | | |implementation |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
|13 |Conservation pricing |Conservation pricing |Change makes |
| |for water service | |statutory language |
| |and conservation | |consistent with BMP |
| |pricing for sewer | |MOU. Does not |
| |service, where the | |result in |
| |urban water supplier | |substantive change. |
| |also provides water | | |
| |service. | | |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
|14 |Landscape water |Deleted |Addressed under new |
| |conservation for new | |BMP 5 |
| |and existing single | | |
| |family homes | | |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
|15 |Water waste |Water waste |No change |
| |prohibitions |prohibitions | |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
|16 |Water conservation |Conservation |Adds more detailed |
| |coordinator |coordinator |responsibilities for |
| | | |the coordinator |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
|17 |Financial incentives |Deleted |Addressed in various |
| |to encourage water | |new BMPs |
| |conservation | | |
|---+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------|
|18 |Ultra-low-flush |Residential |Omit commercial and |
| |toilet replacement |ultra-low-flush |industrial building |
| | |toilet replacement |now covered under |
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| | |programs |new BMP 10 |
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This language was originally introduced in 1999 as SB 631
and passed out of the Senate on a 37-0 vote. The bill was
later amended in the Assembly to include an unrelated
provision that would increase compensation for directors of
sanitation districts. It passed on Unfinished Business
40-0. The Governor vetoed the bill because of the
increased compensation provision, but in his veto message
stated his support for "the provisions of the bill relating
to updating the content of Urban Water Management Plans."
The author has stripped the language of the provisions the
Governor found objectionable and amended it into this bill.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/7/00)
San Diego County Water Authority (source)
East Bay Municipal Utility District
Regional Council of Rural Counties
California Water Association
California Municipal Utilities Association
California Sod Producers Association
The Council for a Greener Environment
ASSEMBLY FLOOR
AYES: Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist, Aroner, Ashburn,
Baldwin, Bates, Battin, Baugh, Bock, Brewer, Briggs,
Calderon, Campbell, Cardenas, Cardoza, Cedillo, Corbett,
Correa, Cox, Cunneen, Davis, Dickerson, Ducheny, Dutra,
Firebaugh, Florez, Frusetta, Gallegos, Granlund, Havice,
Honda, House, Jackson, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Leach,
Lempert, Leonard, Longville, Lowenthal, Machado, Maddox,
Maldonado, Margett, Mazzoni, McClintock, Migden, Nakano,
Olberg, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan,
Pescetti, Reyes, Romero, Runner, Scott, Shelley,
Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin, Thompson, Thomson,
Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Vincent, Washington, Wayne,
Wesson, Wiggins, Wildman, Wright, Zettel, Hertzberg
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DLW:kb 7/25/00 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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